PVA-gel beads enhance granule formation in a UASB reactor

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 8400-8405

  Wenjie, Zhang ^a   Dunqiu, Wang ^b   Yasunori, Koga ^a   Taichi, Yamamoto ^a   Li, Zhang ^c   Kenji, Furukawa ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUILIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Carrier; CSL; PVA gel; Similar granule; UASB

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; GELS; GRANULATION;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; BIO CARRIERS; CORN STEEP LIQUOR (CSL); GEL BEADS; ORGANIC LOADING RATE (OLD); SYNTHETIC WASTEWATERS; UASB REACTORS;

GELATION;

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MAIZE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SLUDGE; UPFLOW REACTOR; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; FATTY ACIDS; GASES; GELS; MICROSPHERES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SEWAGE; VOLATILIZATION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 47949107338     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.02.040     Document Type: Article

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